Anastasia decides that she needs more poise and confidence especially since her chosen career is to be a bookstore owner. A flyer on her father's windshield convinces her that charm school at Studio Charmante will teach her just that.

"As usual, Lowry delivers tight, page-turning prose, plenty of humor, and characters right out of readers' neighborhoods."--Kirkus Reviews

What could possibly go wrong when Anastasia Krupnik walks to a mailbox early one morning with two packages and a dog? A mail mix-up of a most embarrassing kind. Instead of mailing the letter, she deposits her dog's morning business As her school "Values" class debates moral issues and the local police confiscate the corner mailbox, Anastasia faces a dilemma of her own. Should she confess? What is the right thing to do? With her...